Defense Mechanisms

3. a way to deal with emotional conflicts or stressors by emphasizing the amusing aspects of conflict or stressor
6. aggression towards others is expressed through procrastination, failure, inefficiency, and illness that affect others more than oneslf
11. a person unconsciously rejects emotionally unacceptable personal features and attributes them to other people, objects, or situations
12. justifying illogical or unreasonable ideas, actions, or feelings by developing acceptable explanations
13. the conscious denial of a disturbing situation or feeling
14. unacceptable feelings or behaviors are kept out of awareness by developing opposite behavior or emotion
15. compensation for an act or communication
16. when anxiety is repressed to an unconscious level but is revealed in physical level in the form of physical symptoms that have no organic cause
17. emotional conflicts or stressors are addressed by attributing exaggerated positive qualities to others

1. unconscious process of substituting socially acceptable activity for strong impulses that are not acceptable in original form
2. disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of environment
4. emotional conflicts or stressors are addressed by actions rather than by reflections or feelings
5. transfer of emotions associated with a particular person, object, or situation that is nonthreatening
7. emotional conflicts or stressors are handled by attributing negative qualities to self and others
8. the inability to integrate the positive and negative qulaities of oneself or others into a cohesive image
9. escaping unpleasant realities by ignoring their existence
10. exclusion of unpleasant or unwanted experiences, emotions, or ideas from conscious awareness
18. emotional conflicts and stressors are addressed by meeting needs of others